Date: 05th July, 2022
Forecaster: Webster Gajadhar
Present weather at Hewanorra Airport is partly cloudy with showers nearby.
Present weather at GFL Charles Airport is cloudy with showers.
Present temperature at Hewanorra Airport is 30°C or 86°F.
Last night’s minimum temperature at Hewanorra Airport was 27°C or 81°F.
Wind at Hewanorra Airport is blowing from the east-northeast at 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period that ended at 8:00 am today:
At Hewanorra Airport: nil. At GFL Charles Airport: 1.3 mm.
Total rainfall for the month of July so far:
At Hewanorra Airport: 111.2 mm. At GFL Charles Airport: 111.1 mm.
Sunset today: 6:36 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 5:40 am.
FORECAST FOR SAINT LUCIA VALID FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS
Winds will be blowing from between the east-northeast and east-southeast near 18 mph or 30 km/h.
Weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy at times with a few scattered showers.
MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS IN A 25 MILE OR 40 KM RADIUS FROM SAINT LUCIA
Tides for Castries Harbour: Low at 1:58 pm…High at 8:37 pm.
Tides for Vieux Fort Bay: Low at 3:25 pm…High at 9:44 pm.
Seas: Moderate with waves 4 to 6 feet or 1.2 to 1.8 metres.
FORECAST FOR THE LESSER ANTILLES
Partly cloudy, to cloudy with scattered showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms over the southern Windward Islands and areas further south. Elsewhere, partly cloudy, occasionally becoming cloudy with a few scattered showers.
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
The Atlantic High-Pressure System will continue to generate moderate easterly winds across the Eastern Caribbean during the next few days.
Moisture and instability associated with a tropical wave, will continue to cause showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms, mainly over the southern portion of the Lesser Antilles during the next 24 hours.
Another tropical wave located over the eastern Tropical Atlantic is moving westward near 17 mph or 28 km/h.
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the tropical Atlantic during the next five days.